How do I file a Medicare Notice of Admission (NOA)?

File a home health NOA from Billing, Insurance claims: one $0 notice per admission, due within 5 days of the start of care.

Quick answer1 min readUpdated for AveeCare
Short answer

In Billing, open Insurance claims and tap File a Notice of Admission. Choose the client, enter the start of care, MBI, ordering physician, diagnosis and Medicare payer ID, and tap Save notice. It is a $0 facility (837I) claim you send with your other claims, due within 5 days of the start of care.

Step by step

  1. Under This notice, keep Admits the client (032A).
  2. Check what was filled in from the client record and add the rest.
  3. Tap Save notice, then Send it now, or later with Send claims to insurance.

Good to know

  • Who sees the button: agencies with OASIS turned on, or that already filed a notice.
  • Late: the dialog says how many days Medicare will reduce the payment for.
  • Wrong notice: file Cancels a notice already filed (032D) for the same start of care. A notice cannot be voided.
  • No clearinghouse: Send claims to insurance downloads the 837I file for you to upload.

Keep going

Claims tab

No separate Claims tab: use the per-row Generate insurance claim shield button on the Billing page, or the EDI File Export card for 837P / 837I batches.

OASIS deadlines, episodes and estimates

See when each OASIS is due, start recertifications from the episode timeline, and read the payment group, plan-of-care draft and outcome estimates.

Written by
Calvin Nesvig
Founding Partner, AveeCare

Builds AveeCare full-time. The AveeCare Help Center is written and maintained by the team that builds the product, so the steps in every article come from the same people who ship the features.

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